FlybyStardancer
Well-Known Member
So, a year ago I made homemade deodorant (a variant of this recipe, back when I didn't know better and measured by volume). Coconut oil, cocoa butter, corn starch, baking soda, orange EO and tea tree EO. I used a 3:1 volumetric ratio of corn starch to baking soda (compared to the 1:1 in the original recipe).
I love the way it works. I didn't have any transitional stinkiness, and it's great at letting me go through the day without stinking. But.
If I wear it a lot, then the baking soda starts to irritate my skin. Putting straight CO on before the deodorant helps, but I'm bad about remembering it. So I started looking for alternatives and saw that zinc oxide is also used in deodorants.
Does the zinc oxide work as well as baking soda? Would I do a straight substitution? Would it stain my clothes? (I haven't had much of a problem with that with the current formulation, and I'd like to keep it that way!)
I love the way it works. I didn't have any transitional stinkiness, and it's great at letting me go through the day without stinking. But.
If I wear it a lot, then the baking soda starts to irritate my skin. Putting straight CO on before the deodorant helps, but I'm bad about remembering it. So I started looking for alternatives and saw that zinc oxide is also used in deodorants.
Does the zinc oxide work as well as baking soda? Would I do a straight substitution? Would it stain my clothes? (I haven't had much of a problem with that with the current formulation, and I'd like to keep it that way!)